By Associated Press - Wednesday, April 30, 2014

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - A woman wearing a gun went into an Astoria motel Tuesday and told the clerk she was sent by the police chief to collect money for the Astoria Police Department.

The woman left when the clerk questioned her.

KATU reports (https://bit.ly/1ktbvtF ) police tracked the 47-year-old woman to a Warrenton home and arrested her on possible charges of impersonating an officer and theft by deception.

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Information from: KATU-TV, https://www.katu.com/

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